Knockdown paper box.



No. 9|,97`2. Patented 1an. 28, |902.

H. Ril-CE.

KNOCKDOWN PAPER BOX.

(Application led July 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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NrTED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

IDA I-I. RICE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FEW. RUECKI-IEIM & BROTHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COPARTNERSI'IIP.

KNocKnowN PAPER Box.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,972, dated January 28, 1902. Application 'filed July 29,1901. Serial No. 70,065. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, IDA` H. RICE, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Knockdown PaperBoxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. s

The invention relates to knockdown paper boxes and seeks to construct from a single blank of paper or pasteboard a simple and inexpensive open-topped box having a raised bottom for containing confections and the like,which may be knocked down when empty and conveniently packed for shipping, one above the other, when filled.

The invention consists inthe features set forth in the following description, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the blank from which the box is formed. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the improved box as set up, showing the bottom and top, Fig. 4 is a view in section of the same. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the box as knocked down. A

The box is formed from a single L-sl1aped blank of paper or pasteboard having straight unbroken edges, as indicated in Fig. l. This blank comprises a longitudinal strip A, rectangular in outline, which is provided with a gnmmed end tab c, by which the ends of the strip are permanently secured together to form the sides of the box. The stri p A is marked, bent, or scored at proper intervals to provide the transverse creases or scores 1, 2, 3, and 4 between the separate sides a, h, c, and d of a rectangular box, as clearly indicated in the drawings.

An integral flap B, rectangular in outline, is

provided, which extends at right angles to the strip A from the lower edge of the side a at the end of the strip opposite the gummed tab e. The flap Bis bent or creased at itsjuncture with the strip A to form the crease or score 5 and also near each end to provide thetransverse creases or scores 6 and 7 between the bottom f and the wings g and h.

The boxes thus formed may be knocked down iiat, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and can be conveniently shipped and stored in that shape. When the boxes are to be filled, the sides can be opened out and the iiap B inserted between the sides to form a raised bottom and complete the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. It is not necessary to gum or otherwise fasten the flap B in position, since the bottom and the wings g and h t snugly in position within the sides and have sufficient resilience to maintain the shape of the box as set up solely by the frictional bearing of the wings g and 7L against the opposite sides a and c. i

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive knockdown open-topped paper box which can be packed in a small space and which can be easily and rapidly set up and filled. The filled boxes can be conveiently packed one upon the other in shiping cartons or boxes, since the raised bottoms will not interfere with the contents of the boxes immediately below, which may be heaped above the upper edge of the same.

It will thus be observed that by forming the box from a single L-shaped blank having straight unbroken edges and comprising the rectangular strips A and B the blanks may be cut from a sheet of material with great economy, since there will'be little or no waste.

The boxes are particularly applicable for containing small quantities of confections, bakers goods, berries, and the like, which re^- tail for a small sum.

Having thus described `my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

A knockdown, open-topped paper box, formed of a single L-shapecblank having straight, unbroken edges and comprising a strip A rectangular in outline and creased transversely at regularintervals to form the rectangular sides b, c and d intermediate the rectangular end side a and the end gummed tab e, by which latter the 'ends of the strip are permanently secured together, and the integral flap B, rectangular in outline and extending at right angles tothe strip A from the forni a raised bottom, substantially as delower edge of the end side ct, creased transscribed. versely to form the bottom portion f and the end wings g and h and adapted to snugly it n DA H' RICE' 5 between the sides when opened out and to be Witnesses:

held in position solely by the frietional bear- ALBERTA ADAMICK,

ing of the end wings against opposite sides to GEORGE P. FISHER, Jr. 

